Anand says consular officers can help as Israel detains more Canadians from flotilla
By Canadian Press on October 9, 2025.
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadians detained by Israel for attempting to reach the Gaza Strip should accept Ottawa’s consular help to get home.
Anand said today six Canadians have been detained from boats in the Mediterranean Sea sailing toward Gaza and Ottawa is asking Israeli authorities to release them as soon as possible.
She said that “sometimes our officials are on the ground and Canadians are not accepting” of consular help.
Anand said consular assistance can help in “allowing the process with the Israeli officials on the ground to flow more easily.”
Activists have attempted to reach the Palestinian enclave to deliver aid, and Israel previously released three Canadians who travelled on a separate boat.
An advocacy group in Newfoundland and Labrador called Palestine Action YYT says three activists from the province were detained.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 9, 2025.
Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press
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Tell Israel to keep them!
That flotilla had zero aid for the Gazan’s and was all for a photo op for the little anti-Christ Greta and her wealthy friends. Offers by countries to send aid on the ships was denied by the group who only wanted their face in the news!
You won’t hear that on Canadian media for some reason. You have to get learn it from those who reported the boarding of the vessels and found no aid on them. They did find lots of booze, empties and condom wrappers, but no aid!
Bored rich kids who need their face in the news to lift their self esteem!